LETTER: Media is not doing its job

"It is the job of the media to find things out and to uncover the truth, even beyond official investigations." This was a quote in the March 3 Gannett Wisconsin Media editorial (in The Reporter).

The media failed to probe why Obama and Hillary Clinton blamed the Benghazi attack on a video when it was known immediately it was a planned terrorist attack. Who at the State Department received the consulates requests for increased security and why was that security denied? Who changed the CIA talking points, removing all mention of a terrorist attack? Who sent Susan Rice to speak on five Sunday talk shows? Where is the testimony from all the witnesses?

The media could ask why Lois Lerner, IRS director of tax exempt organizations, is pleading the Fifth Amendment and agreeing to testify only if provided immunity from federal prosecution? Why was the tax exempt status of conservative groups held in limbo for years? Why was Dr. Benjamin Carson and his family targeted by the IRS after his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast at which he criticized Obamacare? Why is the IRS refusing to release records and files of IRS targeting of Wayne Allyn Root, conservative author and former Columbia University classmate of Obama, thereby breaking the law under the Freedom of Information Act?

The media can pat themselves on the back for being "watchdogs" regarding Gov. Walker's email probe, but when journalistic curiosity stops at one side of the political aisle, the media is not doing its job. Unbiased journalism has been a foundation of our democracy. It is sad to see one of our cornerstones crumble.